Public Expenditure on Health and Personal Social Services 2009 - Health Committee Contents


5.  ACTIVITY AND PERFORMANCE

5.1.16  Could the Department provide details of how many consultant episodes of patients with mental illness there were, along with the rate per 1,000 population, among residents of each (a) SHA and (b) PCT area from 2003-04? (Q55)

Answer

  1.  The information requested is given in tables 55a (not printed, available at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/200910/cmselect/cmhealth/269/excel/excel.htm) 55b and 55c.

Table 55b

NUMBER OF CONSULTANT EPISODES (FINISHED AND UNFINISHED) FOR PATIENTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, AND RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION BY SHA OF RESIDENCE AND PCT OF RESIDENCE IN NHS HOSPITALS AND THE INDEPENDENT SECTOR IN ENGLAND, COMMISSIONED BY ENGLISH NHS IN THE YEAR 2006-07




  
  
2006-07
Organisation code
  
Total
Rate per 1,000
population
  
England
160,833
3.17

Q30NORTH EAST STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
9,958
3.90
5D7NEWCASTLE PCT
927
3.43
5D8NORTH TYNESIDE PCT
547
2.80
5D9HARTLEPOOL PCT
433
4.75
5E1NORTH TEES PCT
723
3.82
5J9DARLINGTON PCT
624
6.28
5KFGATESHEAD PCT
623
3.27
5KGSOUTH TYNESIDE PCT
496
3.28
5KLSUNDERLAND TEACHING PCT
709
2.53
5KMMIDDLESBROUGH PCT
909
6.57
5NDCOUNTY DURHAM PCT
2,252
4.50
5QRREDCAR AND CLEVELAND PCT
797
5.71
TACNORTHUMBERLAND CARE TRUST
918
2.96
Q31NORTH WEST STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
24,463
3.54
5CCBLACKBURN WITH DARWEN PCT
590
4.18
5F5SALFORD PCT
765
3.51
5F7STOCKPORT PCT
1,242
4.43
5HGASHTON, LEIGH AND WIGAN PCT
1,060
3.47
5HPBLACKPOOL PCT
675
4.73
5HQBOLTON PCT
817
3.11
5J2WARRINGTON PCT
551
2.84
5J4KNOWSLEY PCT
709
4.69
5J5OLDHAM PCT
1,002
4.56
5JXBURY PCT
742
4.06
5LHTAMESIDE AND GLOSSOP PCT (7)
1,238
5.00
5NECUMBRIA PCT
1,324
2.67
5NFNORTH LANCASHIRE PCT
913
2.77
5NGCENTRAL LANCASHIRE PCT
1,671
3.70
5NHEAST LANCASHIRE TEACHING PCT
1,403
3.65
5NJSEFTON PCT
802
2.89
5NKWIRRAL PCT
916
2.94
5NLLIVERPOOL PCT
1,955
4.48
5NMHALTON AND ST HELENS PCT
1,027
3.46
5NNWESTERN CHESHIRE PCT
505
2.15
5NPCENTRAL AND EASTERN CHESHIRE PCT
1,046
2.32
5NQHEYWOOD, MIDDLETON AND ROCHDALE PCT
893
4.32
5NRTRAFFORD PCT
666
3.14
5NTMANCHESTER PCT
1,951
4.32
Q32YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
15,066
2.93
5ANNORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE PCT
248
1.55
5EFNORTH LINCOLNSHIRE PCT
239
1.54
5H8ROTHERHAM PCT
775
3.06
5J6CALDERDALE PCT
448
2.26
5JEBARNSLEY PCT
821
3.67
5N1LEEDS PCT
2,354
3.14
5N2KIRKLEES PCT
899
2.26
5N3WAKEFIELD DISTRICT PCT
1,143
3.56
5N4SHEFFIELD PCT
1,681
3.20
5N5DONCASTER PCT
670
2.31
5NVNORTH YORKSHIRE AND YORK PCT
2,636
3.37
5NWEAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE PCT
503
1.52
5NXHULL TEACHING PCT
522
2.04
5NYBRADFORD AND AIREDALE TEACHING PCT
2,127
4.31
Q33EAST MIDLANDS STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
13,118
3.05
5EMNOTTINGHAM CITY PCT
1,258
4.39
5ETBASSETLAW PCT
361
3.24
5N6DERBYSHIRE COUNTY PCT
2,150
2.98
5N7DERBY CITY PCT
596
2.52
5N8NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY TEACHING PCT
1,715
2.61
5N9LINCOLNSHIRE TEACHING PCT
1,572
2.28
5PALEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY AND RUTLAND PCT
2,095
3.11
5PCLEICESTER CITY PCT
1,506
5.20
5PDNORTHAMPTONSHIRE TEACHING PCT
1,865
2.79
Q34WEST MIDLANDS STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
14,184
2.64
5CNHEREFORDSHIRE PCT
673
3.78
5M1SOUTH BIRMINGHAM PCT
1,115
3.29
5M2SHROPSHIRE COUNTY PCT
636
2.20
5M3WALSALL TEACHING PCT
342
1.34
5MDCOVENTRY TEACHING PCT
962
3.14
5MKTELFORD AND WREKIN PCT
325
2.01
5MVWOLVERHAMPTON CITY PCT
617
2.61
5MXHEART OF BIRMINGHAM TEACHING PCT
651
2.40
5PEDUDLEY PCT
582
1.91
5PFSANDWELL PCT
678
2.36
5PGBIRMINGHAM EAST AND NORTH PCT
900
2.27
5PHNORTH STAFFORDSHIRE PCT
858
4.06
5PJSTOKE ON TRENT PCT
1,299
5.25
5PKSOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE PCT
1,187
1.97
5PLWORCESTERSHIRE PCT
1,618
2.93
5PMWARWICKSHIRE PCT
1,354
2.59
TAMSOLIHULL CARE TRUST
387
1.91
Q35EAST OF ENGLAND STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
15,375
2.74
5GCLUTON PCT
518
2.77
5P1SOUTH EAST ESSEX PCT
1,338
4.06
5P2BEDFORDSHIRE PCT
918
2.27
5P3EAST AND NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE PCT
1,027
1.95
5P4WEST HERTFORDSHIRE PCT
1,023
1.93
5PNPETERBOROUGH PCT
366
2.24
5PPCAMBRIDGESHIRE PCT
1,942
3.29
5PQNORFOLK PCT
1,702
2.30
5PRGREAT YARMOUTH AND WAVENEY PCT
711
3.38
5PTSUFFOLK PCT
1,227
2.10
5PVWEST ESSEX PCT
1,007
3.66
5PWNORTH EAST ESSEX PCT
1,101
3.49
5PXMID ESSEX PCT
998
2.76
5PYSOUTH WEST ESSEX PCT
1,497
3.85
Q36LONDON STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
29,166
3.88
5A4HAVERING PCT
496
2.18
5A5KINGSTON PCT
578
3.71
5A7BROMLEY PCT
1,153
3.85
5A8GREENWICH TEACHING PCT
1,475
6.63
5A9BARNET PCT
417
1.27
5ATHILLINGDON PCT
717
2.87
5C1ENFIELD PCT
1,257
4.41
5C2BARKING AND DAGENHAM PCT
515
3.11
5C3CITY AND HACKNEY TEACHING PCT
1,561
7.22
5C4TOWER HAMLETS PCT
1,013
4.76
5C5NEWHAM PCT
1,203
4.84
5C9HARINGEY TEACHING PCT
1,370
6.07
5H1HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM PCT
747
4.36
5HXEALING PCT
1,105
3.61
5HYHOUNSLOW PCT
814
3.72
5K5BRENT TEACHING PCT
828
3.05
5K6HARROW PCT
94
0.44
5K7CAMDEN PCT
1,488
6.54
5K8ISLINGTON PCT
1,249
6.73
5K9CROYDON PCT
1,040
3.09
5LAKENSINGTON AND CHELSEA PCT
667
3.75
5LCWESTMINSTER PCT
966
4.17
5LDLAMBETH PCT
1,198
4.41
5LESOUTHWARK PCT
1,052
3.91
5LFLEWISHAM PCT
1,106
4.33
5LGWANDSWORTH PCT
1,174
4.21
5M6RICHMOND AND TWICKENHAM PCT
576
3.21
5M7SUTTON AND MERTON PCT
1,004
2.63
5NAREDBRIDGE PCT
844
3.35
5NCWALTHAM FOREST PCT
766
3.45
TAKBEXLEY CARE TRUST
693
3.13
Q37SOUTH EAST COAST STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
11,819
2.79
5L3MEDWAY PCT
986
3.92
5LQBRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY PCT
1,216
4.84
5P5SURREY PCT
2,365
2.20
5P6WEST SUSSEX PCT
2,249
2.92
5P7EAST SUSSEX DOWNS AND WEALD PCT
955
2.89
5P8HASTINGS AND ROTHER PCT
639
3.63
5P9WEST KENT PCT
1,660
2.51
5QAEASTERN AND COASTAL KENT PCT
1,749
2.43
Q38SOUTH CENTRAL STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
11,063
2.77
5CQMILTON KEYNES PCT
401
1.74
5FEPORTSMOUTH CITY TEACHING PCT
765
3.90
5L1SOUTHAMPTON CITY PCT
974
4.26
5QCHAMPSHIRE PCT
3,900
3.08
5QDBUCKINGHAMSHIRE PCT
1,364
2.72
5QEOXFORDSHIRE PCT
1,291
2.13
5QFBERKSHIRE WEST PCT
761
1.71
5QGBERKSHIRE EAST PCT (7)
981
2.57
5QTISLE OF WIGHT NHS PCT
626
4.52
Q39SOUTH WEST STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
16,621
3.24
5A3SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE PCT
541
2.13
5F1PLYMOUTH TEACHING PCT
948
3.82
5FLBATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET PCT
591
3.37
5K3SWINDON PCT (7)
426
2.21
5M8NORTH SOMERSET PCT
577
2.86
5QHGLOUCESTERSHIRE PCT
1,725
2.98
5QJBRISTOL PCT
1,610
3.92
5QKWILTSHIRE PCT
1,017
2.27
5QLSOMERSET PCT
2,048
3.95
5QMDORSET PCT
1,453
3.61
5QNBOURNEMOUTH AND POOLE PCT
1,440
4.83
5QPCORNWALL AND ISLES OF SCILLY PCT
1,672
3.18
5QQDEVON PCT
2,180
2.94
TALTORBAY CARE TRUST
393
2.95

Source:
NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care (HES)
"Rates per 1,000 population were calculated based on SHA and PCT level Mid 2006 Population Estimates, 2001 Census Based. ONS Population Estimates Unit".
  
Footnotes:
1.  Consultant Episode: A consultant episode is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that the figures do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the year.
  
2.  Main Specialty Codes included are as follows:
    710 = Mental illness
    711 = Child and adolescent psychiatry
    712 = Forensic psychiatry
    713 = Psychotherapy
    715 = Old age psychiatry (available from 1990-91)
  
3.  Specialty : Care is needed when analysing HES data by specialty, or by groups of specialties (such as Acute). Trusts have different ways of managing specialties and attributing codes so it is better to analyse by specific diagnoses, operations or other recorded information.
  
4.  Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Strategic Health Authority (SHA) Data Quality
PCT and SHA data was added to historic data-years in the HES database using 2002-03 boundaries, as a one-off exercise in 2004. The quality of the data on PCT of Treatment and SHA of Treatment is poor in 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99, with over a third of all finished episodes having missing values in these years. Data quality of PCT of GP practice and SHA of GP practice in 1997-98 and 1998-99 is also poor, with a high proportion missing values where practices changed or ceased to exist. There is less change in completeness of the residence-based fields over time, where the majority of unknown values are due to missing postcodes on birth episodes. Users of time series analysis including these years need to be aware of these issues in their interpretation of the data.
  
5.  Data Quality : Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) are compiled from data sent by over 300 NHS Trusts, and Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in England. Data is also received from a number of Independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. Whilst this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain.
  
6.  Assessing growth through time : HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. During the years that these records have been collected the NHS there have been ongoing improvements in quality and coverage. These improvements in information submitted by the NHS have been particularly marked in the earlier years and need to be borne in mind when analysing time series.
  
Some of the increase in figures for later years (particularly 2006-07 onwards) may be due to the improvement in the coverage of independent sector activity.
  
Changes in NHS practice also need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. For example a number of procedures may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and may no longer be accounted in the HES data. This may account for any reductions in activity over time.
  
7.  * PCT's 5LH, 5QG and 5K3 have accessed services outside their SHA area. Where these occurred, the counts for PCT activity outside their SHA have been added to SHA total under which the PCT normally sits.


Table 55c

NUMBER OF CONSULTANT EPISODES (FINISHED AND UNFINISHED) FOR PATIENTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, AND RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION BY SHA OF RESIDENCE AND PCT OF RESIDENCE IN NHS HOSPITALS AND THE INDEPENDENT SECTOR IN ENGLAND, COMMISSIONED BY ENGLISH NHS IN THE YEAR 2007-08


  
  
2007-08
Organisation code
  
Total
Rate per 1,000
population

  
England
153,303
3.00
Q30NORTH EAST STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
8,167
3.18
5D7NEWCASTLE PCT
1,121
4.13
5D8NORTH TYNESIDE PCT
569
2.90
5D9HARTLEPOOL PCT
221
2.42
5E1NORTH TEES TEACHING PCT
421
2.21
5J9DARLINGTON PCT
458
4.58
5KFGATESHEAD PCT
758
3.98
5KGSOUTH TYNESIDE PCT
546
3.62
5KLSUNDERLAND TEACHING PCT
801
2.86
5KMMIDDLESBROUGH PCT
553
3.99
5NDCOUNTY DURHAM PCT
1,481
2.93
5QRREDCAR AND CLEVELAND PCT
440
3.16
TACNORTHUMBERLAND CARE TRUST
798
2.57
Q31NORTH WEST STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
24,113
3.50
5CCBLACKBURN WITH DARWEN PCT
603
4.28
5F5SALFORD PCT
1,019
4.65
5F7STOCKPORT PCT
989
3.52
5HGASHTON, LEIGH AND WIGAN PCT
1,002
3.28
5HPBLACKPOOL PCT
694
4.87
5HQBOLTON PCT
957
3.65
5J2WARRINGTON PCT
522
2.67
5J4KNOWSLEY PCT
708
4.69
5J5OLDHAM PCT
843
3.84
5JXBURY PCT
672
3.67
5LHTAMESIDE AND GLOSSOP PCT
994
4.00
5NECUMBRIA TEACHING PCT
1,341
2.70
5NFNORTH LANCASHIRE TEACHING PCT
1,040
3.14
5NGCENTRAL LANCASHIRE PCT
1,683
3.72
5NHEAST LANCASHIRE TEACHING PCT
1,442
3.75
5NJSEFTON PCT
834
3.02
5NKWIRRAL PCT
986
3.18
5NLLIVERPOOL PCT
2,113
4.85
5NMHALTON AND ST HELENS PCT
917
3.09
5NNWESTERN CHESHIRE PCT
569
2.42
5NPCENTRAL AND EASTERN CHESHIRE PCT
1,035
2.28
5NQHEYWOOD, MIDDLETON AND ROCHDALE PCT
794
3.85
5NRTRAFFORD PCT
553
2.60
5NTMANCHESTER PCT
1,803
3.94
Q32YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
16,353
3.16
5EFNORTH LINCOLNSHIRE PCT
30
0.19
5H8ROTHERHAM PCT
949
3.74
5J6CALDERDALE PCT
484
2.42
5JEBARNSLEY PCT
384
1.71
5N1LEEDS PCT
4,479
5.88
5N2KIRKLEES PCT
850
2.12
5N3WAKEFIELD DISTRICT PCT
1,237
3.85
5N4SHEFFIELD PCT
1,408
2.65
5N5DONCASTER PCT
717
2.46
5NVNORTH YORKSHIRE AND YORK PCT
2,181
2.76
5NWEAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE PCT
502
1.51
5NXHULL TEACHING PCT
729
2.84
5NYBRADFORD AND AIREDALE TEACHING PCT
2,053
4.13
TANNORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE CARE TRUST PLUS
350
2.19
Q33EAST MIDLANDS STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
12,390
2.84
5EMNOTTINGHAM CITY PCT
1,346
4.66
5ETBASSETLAW PCT
324
2.90
5N6DERBYSHIRE COUNTY PCT
2,012
2.78
5N7DERBY CITY PCT
740
3.11
5N8NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY TEACHING PCT
1,707
2.59
5N9LINCOLNSHIRE TEACHING PCT
1,474
2.12
5PALEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY AND RUTLAND PCT
1,530
2.25
5PCLEICESTER CITY PCT
1,033
3.53
5PDNORTHAMPTONSHIRE TEACHING PCT
2,224
3.28
Q34WEST MIDLANDS STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
13,797
2.56
5CNHEREFORDSHIRE PCT
344
1.93
5M1SOUTH BIRMINGHAM PCT
1,279
3.79
5M2SHROPSHIRE COUNTY PCT
840
2.89
5M3WALSALL TEACHING PCT
512
2.01
5MDCOVENTRY TEACHING PCT
896
2.92
5MKTELFORD AND WREKIN PCT
411
2.54
5MVWOLVERHAMPTON CITY PCT
524
2.22
5MXHEART OF BIRMINGHAM TEACHING PCT
678
2.50
5PEDUDLEY PCT
620
2.03
5PFSANDWELL PCT
643
2.24
5PGBIRMINGHAM EAST AND NORTH PCT
900
2.24
5PHNORTH STAFFORDSHIRE PCT
816
3.85
5PJSTOKE ON TRENT PCT
1,128
4.57
5PKSOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE PCT
1,180
1.95
5PLWORCESTERSHIRE PCT
1,348
2.43
5PMWARWICKSHIRE PCT
1,263
2.40
TAMSOLIHULL CARE TRUST
415
2.04
Q35EAST OF ENGLAND STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
13,226
2.34
5GCLUTON PCT
419
2.22
5P1SOUTH EAST ESSEX PCT
1,153
3.46
5P2BEDFORDSHIRE PCT
676
1.66
5P3EAST AND NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE PCT
684
1.29
5P4WEST HERTFORDSHIRE PCT
709
1.33
5PNPETERBOROUGH PCT
372
2.28
5PPCAMBRIDGESHIRE PCT
1,177
1.97
5PQNORFOLK PCT
1,707
2.29
5PRGREAT YARMOUTH AND WAVENEY PCT
721
3.41
5PTSUFFOLK PCT
1,492
2.52
5PVWEST ESSEX PCT
694
2.51
5PWNORTH EAST ESSEX PCT
1,068
3.32
5PXMID ESSEX PCT
886
2.43
5PYSOUTH WEST ESSEX PCT
1,468
3.75
Q36LONDON STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
28,626
3.79
5A4HAVERING PCT
1,069
4.68
5A5KINGSTON PCT
684
4.33
5A7BROMLEY PCT
902
3.00
5A8GREENWICH TEACHING PCT
1,286
5.76
5A9BARNET PCT
688
2.09
5ATHILLINGDON PCT
444
1.77
5C1ENFIELD PCT
778
2.73
5C2BARKING AND DAGENHAM PCT
1,121
6.72
5C3CITY AND HACKNEY TEACHING PCT
1,394
6.41
5C4TOWER HAMLETS PCT
926
4.30
5C5NEWHAM PCT
980
3.93
5C9HARINGEY TEACHING PCT
977
4.35
5H1HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM PCT
328
1.90
5HXEALING PCT
516
1.69
5HYHOUNSLOW PCT
410
1.86
5K5BRENT TEACHING PCT
779
2.89
5K6HARROW PCT
479
2.23
5K7CAMDEN PCT
1,405
6.06
5K8ISLINGTON PCT
1,280
6.81
5K9CROYDON PCT
922
2.72
5LAKENSINGTON AND CHELSEA PCT
621
3.48
5LCWESTMINSTER PCT
823
3.52
5LDLAMBETH PCT
763
2.79
5LESOUTHWARK PCT
1,118
4.07
5LFLEWISHAM PCT
1,024
3.96
5LGWANDSWORTH PCT
1,307
4.64
5M6RICHMOND AND TWICKENHAM PCT
734
4.08
5M7SUTTON AND MERTON PCT
1,568
4.07
5NAREDBRIDGE PCT
1,017
4.00
5NCWALTHAM FOREST PCT
1,645
7.40
TAKBEXLEY CARE TRUST
638
2.87
Q37SOUTH EAST COAST STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
10,945
2.56
5L3MEDWAY PCT
990
3.93
5LQBRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY PCT
1,200
4.73
5P5SURREY PCT
1,420
1.31
5P6WEST SUSSEX PCT
2,038
2.63
5P7EAST SUSSEX DOWNS AND WEALD PCT
923
2.78
5P8HASTINGS AND ROTHER PCT
583
3.30
5P9WEST KENT PCT
1,712
2.56
5QAEASTERN AND COASTAL KENT PCT
2,079
2.86
Q38SOUTH CENTRAL STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
10,727
2.66
5CQMILTON KEYNES PCT
539
2.30
5FEPORTSMOUTH CITY TEACHING PCT
1,040
5.26
5L1SOUTHAMPTON CITY PCT
899
3.89
5QCHAMPSHIRE PCT
4,090
3.20
5QDBUCKINGHAMSHIRE PCT
972
1.93
5QEOXFORDSHIRE PCT
1,201
1.96
5QFBERKSHIRE WEST PCT
681
1.51
5QGBERKSHIRE EAST PCT
816
2.11
5QTISLE OF WIGHT NHS PCT
489
3.51
Q39SOUTH WEST STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
14,959
2.89
5A3SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE PCT
327
1.27
5F1PLYMOUTH TEACHING PCT
727
2.90
5FLBATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET PCT
394
2.21
5K3SWINDON PCT
331
1.70
5M8NORTH SOMERSET PCT
454
2.22
5QHGLOUCESTERSHIRE PCT
1,497
2.57
5QJBRISTOL PCT
1,409
3.38
5QKWILTSHIRE PCT
717
1.58
5QLSOMERSET PCT
2,002
3.83
5QMDORSET PCT
1,218
2.99
5QNBOURNEMOUTH AND POOLE TEACHING PCT
1,487
4.94
5QPCORNWALL AND ISLES OF SCILLY PCT
1,663
3.13
5QQDEVON PCT
2,332
3.11
TALTORBAY CARE TRUST
401
2.99
Source:
NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care (HES)
"Rates per 1,000 population were calculated based on SHA and PCT level Mid 2006 Population Estimates, 2001 Census Based. ONS Population Estimates Unit".
  
Footnotes:
1.  Counts of Consultant Episodes (Finished and Unfinished) for Mental Health Main Specialties (Main Specialty = 710-715) and Rates per 1,000 population by SHA of Residence and PCT of Residence. Counts are limited to consultant episodes where the Strategic Health Authority of Residence were England, NHS Hospitals England and activity performed in the Independent sector in England commissioned by English NHS, 2007-08.
  
2.  PCT's 5LH, 5N9, 5QG and 5K3 has accessed services outside their SHA area. Where these occurred, the counts for PCT activity outside their SHA has been added to SHA total under which the PCT normally sits under.
  
3.  Consultant Episode—A consultant episode is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that the figures do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the year.

4.  Main Specialty Codes included are as follows:
    710 = Mental illness
    711 = Child and adolescent psychiatry
    712 = Forensic psychiatry
    713 = Psychotherapy
    715 = Old age psychiatry (available from 1990-91)
  
5.  Specialty—Care is needed when analysing HES data by specialty, or by groups of specialties (such as Acute). Trusts have different ways of managing specialties and attributing codes so it is better to analyse by specific diagnoses, operations or other recorded information.
  
6.  Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Strategic Health Authority (SHA) Data Quality
PCT and SHA data was added to historic data-years in the HES database using 2002-03 boundaries, as a one-off exercise in 2004. The quality of the data on PCT of Treatment and SHA of Treatment is poor in 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99, with over a third of all finished episodes having missing values in these years. Data quality of PCT of GP practice and SHA of GP practice in 1997-98 and 1998-99 is also poor, with a high proportion missing values where practices changed or ceased to exist. There is less change in completeness of the residence-based fields over time, where the majority of unknown values are due to missing postcodes on birth episodes. Users of time series analysis including these years need to be aware of these issues in their interpretation of the data.
  
7.  Data Quality—Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) are compiled from data sent by over 300 NHS Trusts, and Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in England. Data is also received from a number of Independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. Whilst this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain.
  
8.  Assessing growth through time—HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. During the years that these records have been collected the NHS there have been ongoing improvements in quality and coverage. These improvements in information submitted by the NHS have been particularly marked in the earlier years and need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. Some of the increase in figures for later years (particularly 2006-07 onwards) may be due to the improvement in the coverage of independent sector activity. Changes in NHS practice also need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. For example a number of procedures may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and may no longer be accounted in the HES data. This may account for any reductions in activity over time.





 
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